This is the astonishing true story of Zeraffa, a giraffe who was sent as a gift by the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt to King Charles X of France in 1826. A young boy, Atir, takes care of Zeraffa on her epi
The sports featured are: cricket, football, American football, baseball, basketball, running, relay race, tobogganing, skating, swimming, diving, netball, pole vault, shotput, kung fu, judo, boxing, t
Discover the work of Alexander Calder through this exciting sticker book. Read about his life and then explore six of his paintings, looking at the original work and then trying out your own version o
Beloved by all little girls, ballet stories enchant and open a world of magic. This collection of eight favorite ballet stories is filled with that magic and promise. The stories included are "Giselle
George, the hero from M. P. Robertson's The Egg, has returned in this brand new dragon adventure. When George's wayward dragon lands on the chicken coop, George is whisked off to a fairytale land on a
One day George finds more than he bargained for under his mother's favorite chicken: a giant egg. He soon finds himself looking after a baby dragon. George takes his job as a parent seriously, teachin
Where the water churns with salmon, thick and rich with leaping fishes, there the brown bear stands and catches the wild king of the river. With stunning watercolor paintings, this lyrical picture boo
What do you do when a hippopotamus comes to visit? Play splashy-sploshy games to make him happy, of course. Share silly toys in a big warm bath to make him laugh. Give him a great big crunchy salad-tr
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheepAnd doesn't know where to find them?But is that really what happened? Find out what Bo Peep and the sheep really got up to that day - a hide-and-seek game with a twist
Miku is going to School Camp in the forest, with her friend Cait and the rest of her class. It should be fun. But Miku has premonitions of danger, and when Oscar goes down with a festering rash, and a
In this celebration of our Earth, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, and ask questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our c
Packed with all kinds of exciting outdoor activities for children and the whole family, to encourage awareness of the natural world, to develop self-sufficiency skills a?? and to show how much fun it
Everyone has their very own dragon, and this book describes many different varieties of the beast, showing in words and stunning pictures exactly why their owners find them so entrancing. They range f
How do you deal with a bunch of "wild ones" on your first day at school? Nicholas is faced with a gang of bullies including big Charlie, mean Jake, Wedgie Reggie and, worst of all, their girl leader,
A great picture story book with an environmental message, developed in conversation with Greenpeace UK. When one little boy discovers a message from Father Christmas asking for help to save his home f
This book explores the meaning of thankfulness by asking the central character, a young boy, to think about the people in his life he'd like to thank, from his Mom and Dad, to his babysitter and sport
Two birds build a nest together and hatch a baby bird, but when they fail to get along the father bird moves to a new nest, and though baby bird is unhappy at first, when he learns to fly from nest to
